St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-03-22

drain the wet or overlooked lands In any portion
Of their county they shall have the power at any
regular session to organize such county into
drainage district, and upon such organization
the same shall be known and designated rs the
- county drainage district" Such organi-
cation shall be effected bv an order adopted by
majority vote of the whole number OF commits
sioners, which order shall be in substantially the
following form:
STATE OF MINNESOTA,
County of --
The board of county commissioners of the
county OF ---- tuaming the county, do here
b. order and determine that The said county be
and the same liz hereby organized into drainage
district under and by virtue of the provisions of
chapter - of the General Laws OF 1SS7 Citing
this act). [Signedl
Attest: County Auditor"
which order shall be signed by the chairman
and attested by the auditor and recorded at
length in the records of the proceedings OF the
county commissioners and in the drainage rec
ord hereinafter provided for; and thereupon
such county shall become drainage district
without any further act or ceremony, and shall
be deemed to have accepted all the provisions of
this acs and to be bound by all its obligations
and requirements.
SEC. .. The board of county commissioners of
any county so organized into drainage district,
provided in the preceding section, shall be the
drainage commissioners of such district, and
shall be known by the corporate name of the
board of drainage commissioners of ----
county drainage district, and by that name
shall be q body corporate with power to and
be sued, plead and be implicated, contract and
be contracted with. They snail have the general
supervision ana control Of all drainage matters
pertaining to their district subject to the pro-
visions and requirements OF this act While
acting as a drainage board they shall hold meet
lngS for the transaction OF drainage business
separate and distinct from their meetings as
board of county commissioners. and shall be
paid for their services as drainage board the
same per diem and mileage is now allowed
them by law for their services county com
mssioners, which fees shall be paid by the treas
urer of the county upon the warrant of the clerk
"a
| hereinafter provided Tor: but they shall in no
| case draw pay for the same day in both capaci
! ties.
The chairman of the board of county COM
missloners shall be ex-ofticio chairman of the
| board OF drainage commissioners
SEC. j. The county auditO. Of each county so
| org inized into a drainage district shall be the
! clerk Of the board Of drainage commissioners of
| his county. He shall be the custodian of all
books, papers and records pertaining to drainage
| matters in his county, and shall keep well
| bound book to be known as the Drainage Rec
| ord record of all the proceedings of the board
| OF drainage commissioners OF his county, and
shall enter at length therein all orders and find
! ings of the drainage commissioners pertaining to
| the subject OF drainage.
| In addition to the salary allowed him by law
as county auditor he shall be paid for his services
| as clerk of such board of drainage commission
ers three dollars $50 per day for each day such
board shall be in session, ten cents per folio for
| the records he is required to make by The pro-
visions OF this act, five cents for filing each petit
ton. order or other paper which he shall be re-
CURED to file and preserve as such clerk, and
! sum equal to one per cent in each year of the
amount raised by special assessment for drain
| age purposes in his county for such year as COM
pensation for all other services herein required
] OF him; all such fees and compensation to be
audited and allowed to him by the drainage
board OF his county and paid out Of the drainage
| fund hereinafter provided for
| SEC. 4. The county treasurer Of each county
so organized into drainage district shall be the
treasurer OF such district. He shall give q Eond
! to the board of drainage commits sioners of his
| county, with sufficient sureties to be approved
by such board, and in such amount as they shall
determine, but in no for less than the whole
| amount OF money likely to come into his hands
| in any one year as such treasurer. Said bond
shall be conditioned that such treasurer will
faithfully discharge the duties of his office, and
| that he will receive, safely keep and pay over,
| according TO law, all moneys which shall cUme
| into his hands as treasurer of such drainage
| district. He shall receive and safely keep all
| moneys directed by law to be paid him as such
| treasurer, and shall pay out the same only on
the warrant of the drainage clerk or order of the
! board of drainage commissioners signed by the
| chairman and atteSted by the Clerk thereof.
de shall keep the funds of the drainage district
| separate and distinct from those of the county,
| and Keep proper accounts OF the same in suit
| able books to be provided by the drainage COM
missloners, and they may at any time require
the treasurer to exhibit and count in their pres
| ence the funds in his hands belonging to the
drainage district when the board deem it advis-
| able They may make the same arrangements
for the deposit OF the funds Of the drainage dis
| trict with any bank or banks authorized
by law for such deposits of county funds AS
compensation for the services required of him
| by this act the treasurer shall be allowed two
| ~ per ceu6 On all sums Of money coming into
| his hands as such treasurer from the proceeds
OF the assessments provided for in this act, the
| same to be audited and allowed to him out of
the drainage fund of his county by the board of
drainage commissioners.
SEC. 5. The board of drainage commissioners
| shall be board of audit for their drainage dis
| trlct, and shall audit and allow all legal ac-
| counts, claims and demands against their drain
age district except their own compensation
CInJ nr dawn t,6 lrl
| be audited or allowed it shall be itemized and
| duly verified by the claimant. his agent or al
| torney, to the effect that the same is just and
| true demand against such drainage district
| that the same Is due and that no part thereof
| has been paid.
| SEC. 6. 1t shall be the duty of the board of
county commissioners of any county so organ
lied into drainage district to supply at the
expense OF their county the clerk of the board of
| drainage commissioners and the treasurer of the
| drainage district with such records, account
| books and stationery those officers may re-
quire for keeping the records and accounts and
| transactng the necessary business of the drain
age district of the county.
SEC. Z. In any county organized into q drain
| age district under the provisions of this act u
| majority in number of the owners OF land within
| a tract or territory, in such county, having
common drainage outlet who own one-third (13
or more in area OF the lands to be drained ben
Gifted and who desire TO construct o drain or
drains, ditch ditches embankment or en-
| ban kments. or to establish in said tract having
| such common drainage outlet, combined sys-
| for agricultural and sanitary purposes and
| maintain the same by special assessments upon
the lands and property benefited thereby, may
lille With the clerk OF the board of drainage
miss Onars of the county in which such lands
| are situated petition signed by them setting
forth general description of the lands proposed
to be affected, with the names of the owners and
| their postoffce address when known. q general
description of the proposed work and that the
| petitioners desire that sub-drainage district
| may be organized embracing the lands therein
mentioned for the purpose of constructing, re-
pairing and maintaining a drain or drains,
! ditch or bitches, embankment embankments,
| or combined system OF drainage and protection
from overflow or all or either within said tract
for agricultural and sanitary purposes by spe-
cial assessments upon the lands and property to
| be benefited thereby. Such petition shall be
accompanied by bond signed by TWO or more
| freeholders in the sum Of two hundred and
fifty dollars $3.50 PAYABLE TO the board of
| drainage commissioners of the drainage district
in which such tract is situated, which bond
| shall be approved by said clerk and conditioned
| to pay all expenses of the proceedings under
| such petition in case said board of drainage
| commissioners shall fail to establish the SUBJ
drainage districts prayed for in said petition.
SEC. s. 1t shall be the duty of said clerk to
receive and file said petition and bond in his
| office and he shall thereupon call a meeting of
the board of drainage commissioners of his drain
age district to be held at his Office not more than
thirty $50 nor less than twenty 600 days there
| after. The clerk shall give notice of the time
and place Of such meeting by causing written or
printed notices signed by him TO he posted in at
least three different places within such proposed
sub drainage district and by mailing copy of
| such notice to each of the town clerks and mem
bers of the town boards of supervisors of each
town in which any of the lands proposed to be
uated at least ten (10) days prior to the time of
such meeting He shall also file copy of such
notice in his Office and record the same in the
drainage record.
SEC 8. 1t shall be the duty of the board of
| drainage commissioners of such drainage dis
! trlct to meet at the time and place mentioned in